Cayman Islands Women’s World Open Squash 2012 Latest
Day one of qualifying for the Cayman World Open – delayed by a few minutes as the players, referees and spectators watched the end of the Men’s World Open final from Qatar – saw some quick matches but some tough…
Newtown shootings: Democrats Malloy and Feinstein seek gun laws
Two senior US Democrats have called for stricter gun control legislation following the elementary school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty children and six women died in Friday’s assault on Sandy Hook school by a lone gunman who then turned his…
Finest beachfront property in the world is in the Cayman Islands
According to the website extra vaganazi, “Without doubt Castillo Caribe is one of the finest beachfront estate homes in the world offering every luxury for modern day life with all the lifestyle options one would expect from the Cayman Islands.”…
CDB approves St Kitts & Nevis strategy and St Vincent Road gets financing
CDB ST. KITTS AND NEVIS COUNTRY STRATEGY APPROVED The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a Country Strategy for St. Kitts and Nevis covering the period 2013-16. The document articulates the Bank’s strategic focus and…
Actually, Mentally Ill People are More Likely to Be Victims of Violence
by s.e. smith, Care2 With two horrific mass shootings in one week, one of which left 20 children dead in Connecticut, the national conversation in the United States is once again turning to the epidemic of gun violence that appears…
FROM THE GLEANER: Embattled Cayman Islands premier might quit party
Byron Buckley, Associate Editor Although insisting he won’t resign as a result of his recent arrest, Cayman Islands Premier William McKeeva Bush says he is considering whether to lead his United Democratic Party into general elections due next March. There…
Barclays: US $470m energy fine ‘unjustified’
Barclays has said US regulators’ proposed fines of $470m (£291m) for the bank’s alleged manipulation of energy markets are “unjustified” and the allegations will not stand up in court. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) has accused four Barclays traders…
Jacintha Saldanha: Body arrives in India
The body of the nurse who apparently killed herself after a hoax phone call about the Duchess of Cambridge has arrived in India for burial. Jacintha Saldanha’s remains, escorted from the UK by her husband and two children, have arrived…
Most will send cards – Go to a party this Christmas Season
From Rasmussen Reports Parties are a highlight of this Christmas season for many people, but traditional caroling isn’t nearly as popular. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of American Adults celebrate Christmas in their family, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone…
TBL Board Supports Seniors’ Event
The Trade and Business Licensing (TBL) Board made a CI$1,000 donation to the Savannah / Newlands Community Development Action Committee (Sav-New CODAC) in support of the committee’s annual senior citizens’ Christmas party. ‘We feel that the elderly in our community…
